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Book One: Paranoid Mage
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Callum had seen things all his life. There are monsters and beasts living among people, but he learned very early not to admit such things, not if he didn’t want people to think him crazy.
It turns out that the supernatural is real, but at thirty Callum has no desire to be part of that secret. Not that he has a choice when it turns out he is a mage, albeit one that hasn’t cast any spells in all his life. There are requirements, duties, and education that the powers that be insist he be subject to.
To hell with that.
Book Two: Renegade Mage
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After escaping from the Guild of Arcane Regulation and the Bureau of Secret Enforcement, Callum has lost his greatest protection: his obscurity. Now the powers that be know who he is, and hiding is harder than ever. Nor is hiding a plan, just a reaction.
Now Callum is forced to decide how he wants to approach the supernatural world, and how he’s going to keep himself secure when the apparatus of government is arrayed against him. Even if he wanted to live as a mage, that bridge has been thoroughly burned, and even if he wanted to live as a normal person, he is far too deep to close his eyes to what he’s seen.
He has to make his own terms.
Book Three: Heretic Mage
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Callum is at war with the Guild of Arcane Regulation, the organization that governs mages on Earth. He’s spent most of his time lying low and hiding out, trying to understand what he can do and how he can remain free from their meddling. What he’s learned is that he can’t.
It’s time to move from reaction to action, and take on GAR and its evils directly.
Book Four: Reclusive Mage
The Guild of Arcane Regulation has fractured, and new forces move on the board. Callum cannot quite declare victory, for even a weakened GAR still forces him to hide from the world at large, yet he is no longer prepared to run. Instead he builds his own strengths to stand against those who wish to do him harm.
Change, once started, is hard to stop. Callum’s actions have brought change to the world of the supernatural, but that can bring chaos and destruction even as he eliminates tyranny and corruption. He has to move beyond being one man against the world, and stand in the world he’s made.
Book Five: Sovereign Mage
The portal to the Night Lands is closed, and vampires are barred from Earth, but at a high cost. Not only does Callum have to deal with the fallout of the vampire race’s final spasms, but the political consequences of demonstrating his ability and willingness to attack portal worlds directly. The forces that were moving to control a weakened GAR have come out into the open, and Callum has to deal with stakes much higher than his personal freedom.
It's time to join with his allies and move to open conflict. Even the secret of supernatural presence on Earth is at play, and Archmage’s Council and the Seven Lesser Courts threaten the very concept of human sovereignty. Everything comes down to removing the would-be tyrants, and so preserving the Earth as it should be.
Paranoid Mage is an urban fantasy but it goes rather sideways from the normal stuff fairly quickly.
Chapters are Fridays, 5PM EST, with approximately 5,000 words per chapter.
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Table of Contents
- 1Chapter 1 - Revelation2024-11-13
- 2Chapter 2 - Reality2024-11-13
- 3Chapter 3 - Escape2024-11-13
- 4Chapter 4 – Learning2024-11-13
- 5Chapter 5 – Trouble2024-11-13
- 6Chapter 6 – Violence2024-11-13
- 7Chapter 7 – Consequences2024-11-13
- 8Chapter 8 – Tension2024-11-13
- 9Chapter 9 – Reaction2024-11-13
- 10Chapter 10 - Frustration2024-11-13
- 11Chapter 11 – Offer2024-11-13
- 12Chapter 12 – Preparation2024-11-13
- 13Chapter 13 – Execution2024-11-13
- 14Chapter 14 – Payment2024-11-13
- 15Chapter 15 – Refinement2024-11-13
- 16Chapter 16 – Advancement2024-11-13
- 17Chapter 17 – Introspection2024-11-13
- 18Chapter 18 – Surgery2024-11-13
- 19Chapter 19 - Mistakes2024-11-13
- 20Chapter 20 – Defiance2024-11-13
- 21Chapter 1 – Hiking2024-11-13
- 22Chapter 2 – Hunting2024-11-13
- 23Chapter 3 – Destinations2024-11-13
- 24Chapter 4 – Portals2024-11-13
- 25Chapter 5 – Dragonblooded2024-11-13
- 26Chapter 6 – Night Lands2024-11-13
- 27Chapter 7 – Pursuit2024-11-13
- 28Chapter 8 – Recovery2024-11-13
- 29Chapter 9 – Inquiries2024-11-13
- 30Chapter 10 – Target2024-11-13
- 31Chapter 11 – Reconnaissance2024-11-13
- 32Chapter 12 – Jailbreak2024-11-13
- 33Chapter 13 – Involvement2024-11-13
- 34Chapter 14 – Bunkering2024-11-13
- 35Audiobook Released!2024-11-13
- 36Chapter 15 – Grievances2024-11-13
- 37Chapter 16 – Groundwork2024-11-13
- 38Chapter 17 – Blame2024-11-13
- 39Chapter 18 – Ramifications2024-11-13
- 40Chapter 19 – Recriminations2024-11-13
- 41Chapter 20 – Heretic2024-11-13
- 42Chapter 21 – Rescue2024-11-13
- 43Chapter 1– Gayle2024-11-13
- 44Chapter 2 – Mictlān2024-11-13
- 45Chapter 3 – Unwind2024-11-13
- 46Chapter 4 – Work2024-11-13
- 47Chapter 5 – Fulcrum2024-11-13
- 48Chapter 6 – Christmas2024-11-13
- 49Chapter 7 – Fane2024-11-13
- 50Chapter 8 – Infiltration2024-11-13
- 51Chapter 9 – Assassination2024-11-13
- 52Chapter 10 - Cracks2024-11-13
- 53Chapter 11 – Vacation2024-11-13
- 54Chapter 12 – Evidence2024-11-13
- 55Chapter 13 – Compromised2024-11-13
- 56Book 3 available on Amazon2024-11-13
- 57Chapter 14 – Annoyances2024-11-13
- 58Chapter 15 – Favor2024-11-13
- 59Chapter 16 – Foreshocks2024-11-13
- 60Chapter 17 – Hammer2024-11-13
- 61Chapter 18 – Fracture2024-11-13
- 62Not a chapter - Webfiction panel2024-11-13
- 63Chapter 1 – Moving2024-11-13
- 64Not a chapter - Book Three Audiobook available!2024-11-13
- 65Chapter 2 – Déjà vu2024-11-13
- 66Chapter 3 – Reassess2024-11-13
- 67Chapter 4 – Time2024-11-13
- 68Chapter 5 – Threats2024-11-13
- 69Chapter 6 – Direction2024-11-13
- 70Chapter 7 – Steps2024-11-13
- 71Chapter 8 – Lies2024-11-13
- 72Chapter 9 – Misdirection2024-11-13
- 73Chapter 10 – Reap2024-11-13
- 74Chapter 11 – Beginnings2024-11-13
- 75Not A Chapter - Webtoon Announcement.2024-11-13
- 76Chapter 12 – Follow-through2024-11-13
- 77Chapter 13 – Trap2024-11-13
- 78Chapter 14 – Goals2024-11-13
- 79Chapter 15 – Progress2024-11-13
- 80Chapter 16 – Distractions2024-11-13
- 81Not A Chapter - Book Four Audiobook released!2024-11-13
- 82Chapter 17 - Breakthrough2024-11-13
- 83Chapter 18 – Assault2024-11-13
- 84Chapter 19 – Sever2024-11-13
- 85Chapter 20 – Staunch2024-11-13
- 86Chapter 1 - Exploration2024-11-13
- 87Chapter 2 – Faerie2024-11-13
- 88Chapter 3 – Redoubt2024-11-13
- 89Chapter 4 – Maneuvers2024-11-13
- 90Chapter 5 - Clashes2024-11-13
- 91Chapter 6 - Planning2024-11-13
- 92Chapter 7 - Dispatch2024-11-13
- 93Chapter 8 - Investment2024-11-13
- 94Chapter 9 - Dividends2024-11-13
- 95Chapter 10 – Retaliation2024-11-13
- 96Chapter 11 – Retreat2024-11-13
- 97Chapter 12 – Wizzy2024-11-13
- 98Chapter 13 – GAR2024-11-13
- 99Chapter 14 – Summit2024-11-13
- 100Chapter 15 – Demands2024-11-13
- 101Chapter 16 – Proliferation2024-11-13
- 102Chapter 17 – Consolidation2024-11-13
- 103Chapter 18 – Alliance2024-11-13
- 104Chapter 19 – Blitz2024-11-13
- 105Chapter 20 - Nuclear2024-11-13
- 106Chapter 21 – Revelation2024-11-13
- 107Chapter 22 – Reality2024-11-13
- 108Epilogue2024-11-13
- 109Afterword and Next Stories2024-11-13
- 110Not A Chapter - New Story Announcement!2024-11-13
- 111Not A Chapter - Webtoon version of Paranoid Mage released!2024-11-13
- 112Not a Chapter - New Story Announcement!2024-11-13